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Table of contents

Box 1, Folder 1

Correspondence between Muir Dawson and Roger Levenson 1979-1984

Scope and Contents note

9 letters and 4 postcards exchanged between Muir Dawson and Roger Levenson about the Har-ma Press.

Box 1, Folder 2

Correspondence between Muir Dawson and Harold Smith 1979-1982

Scope and Contents note

5 Letters exchanged between Muir Dawson and Harold Smith regarding acquisitions of presses for various clients. Also included is one handwritten thank you note from Smith to Dawson as well as another handwritten note from Harold and Alma Smith to the Dawsons.

Box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence between Muir Dawson and Jean P. Whyte 1982-1983

Scope and Contents note

13 Letters exchanged between Muir Dawson and Jean P. Whyte, a professor from Monash University in Victoria, Australia, regarding the sale of Har-ma Press #11 to Monash University.

Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondences regarding interest in Har-ma Press. 1979-1982

Scope and Contents note

7 letters between multiple individuals. The bulk of the letters demonstrate interest by different people in acquiring a Har-ma Press. A couple of letters concern the sale of Har-Ma Press #8 to UCLA professor of Spanish, Enrique Cepeda.

Box 1, Folder 5

Annotated Letter about missing press # 13. 1984

Scope and Contents note

This letter between Roger Levenson and an unknown correspondent documents the locations of all 15 Har-ma presses that Smith built. The letter also contains a notation in Muir Dawson's hand about the missing press # 13 that reads as follows: "9/23/84 Roger says Harold tells him there is no # 13."

Box 1, Folder 6

Messages in Wood 1979

Scope and Contents note

A book of text and images written and drawn by the Smiths and produced by Harold and Alma on a Har-ma Press.

Box 1, Folder 7

The Har-ma Press 1981

General Physical Description note: Pamphlet. 5 5/8 x 3 3/4 inches, (14) pp. Illustrated. Green printed wrappers, stitched, with a blind-stamped image of a Har-Ma press on the front cover.

Scope and Contents note

Limited edition of 150 copies printed on Har-ma Press number 8 (UCLA Horn Press) as a keepsake for the members of the Rounce and Coffin Club.

Box 1, Folder 8

Publicity 1978-1985

Scope and Contents note

Includes drafts of two articles written by Muir Dawson and Roger Levenson in the UCLA Librarian and Fine Print Magazine, with original artwork for the latter. There are 7 copies of the article in the UCLA Librarian. Also included is a letterhead with a photograph of a Har-ma Press for sale purposes in the Printer’s Fair, Marin County, 11/5/78. Four photocopies of this letterhead are included.

Box 1, Folder 9

Har-ma Press Sales 1980-1983

Scope and Contents note

Original purchase order and shipping manifest of Har-ma Press #11 to Monash University. There are two copies of the shipping manifest. Also included is a shipping manifest from California Motor Express regarding the sale of books from Dawson’s bookshop to the Book Club of California and a business card from Staudt International Service Corp, an international freight company. Shipping manifests for presses delivered to Dawson’s book shop and original billing for the sale of two presses is also a part of this file.

Box 1, Folder 10

Har-ma Press operating instructions Unknown

Scope and Contents note

A set of printed instructions and a separate set of typed instructions on how to operate the Har-ma Press. There are also 3 handwritten notes on disassembling the press for moving or other operations tips based on experience with working with the press.

Box 1, Folder 11

Program Announcements 1981

Scope and Contents note

Program announcements for “An Evening devoted to the Past, Present and Future of Handpresses,” February 5, 1981 at Dawson’s Book Shop featuring Harold and Alma Smith and Roger Levenson.

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